Woodworking blog entries tagged with 'steel'

I have built a bathroom cabinet from oak panels and a steel frame. It is industrial styled wich is very hot here in the Netherlands at the moment. I made a video of the building process wich can be seen on Youtube
I hope you like it.
Regards,Gerry

More awesome finds from the flea market.Getting close to 500 subs. Keep your eyes peeled for a giveaway once I reach that milestone.Splitting wedge and sledge – milling my own lumber from firewood.Can a miter box saw be converted to a dovetail saw?You can never have enough levels.
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After I completed my recent project – mini plane – I realized that the iron of this little plane was too small to sharpen it comfortably. I sharpen my edges free-hand, and this iron is just too small to hold it while sharpening.
So I came up with this simple solution: some kind of iron holder made from mild construction steel.
Now it’s pretty easy to do the job:
When it was done I remembered how Paul Sellers made his simple jig for sharpening spokeshaves ir...

Well it’s official I am hooked… restoring old tools is my new obsession. This time I found some old chisels, Clearcut brand, ever heard of it? Me either. I also couldn’t find much information on the brand online, I did find one post that mentioned they are from Montgomery Ward but I can’t be sure of that. No matter the steel feels good. Guess we will see if it holds an edge.
I also shot a video of the restoration which can be viewed here.View on YouTube
As you can ...

For the “Shop Made Tool Swap - 2015: Hand Planes and Spokeshaves”, I decided to make two planes (one to keep, one to swap) including the blades. I started with a 1/8” thick 2.5” wide precision ground flat bar of A2 tool steel that I happened to have on hand. After some requests for more information, I decided to start this tutorial blog for making them.
You can buy tool steel pretty cheap from MSC:
O1: http://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tn/Raw-Materials/Flat-Stock...

Hi everyone,
Have not posted here in a little while, been keeping busy in the wood shop! I’ve finally put together another video for my your tube channel. I’ve been working on a dining table base made with steel and some bent laminated Walnut. Have a look here as I pull the newly formed leg piece off of the mold and show you exactly how the table base will look once completed.
Thanks hope you like it.Paul

An interesting series of block planes in which the base, and often other components are made of steel – formed using a combination of stamping press and punch press. They were touted as “indestructible”.
http://workingbyhand.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/the-block-planes-of-superheroes-part-1/

In this blog I am going to give you a how to on my metallic finish of copper patina and rust application on wood
As you can see I started with a small vessel that has been hollowed. This vessel is about 5 inches in heigh. I only want to rust the top as I am going to copper patina the base. The rust paint is a paint from Michaels which is a hobby store here in the USA. The paint is very thick and contains metal flake. It is put on very heavy and allowed to dry.
Here I have applied...

I am going to try doing a Blog. Although this project is going to be a metal working project, it is for a wood working tool. :)
I ordered my Sawstop 3HP PCS a few weeks ago and it will arrive next week (4/1). I am on vacation the following week so I plan to get it assembled and tuned up.
I was planning to get the mobile base for free (the promo that they are currently running) but as I was doing some thinking, I decided against it and will get the dust collection instead, for two reason...